From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5AD51381F3 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:26:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 64B53E0BF3; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:26:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ve0-f181.google.com (mail-ve0-f181.google.com [209.85.128.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66E43E0B79 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:26:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f181.google.com with SMTP id jz10so2086738veb.26 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 12:26:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=3cBDn23+MpVRCvSB4bc2CB79VtcXn0nn8UU+JChO3ek=; b=dUxPVziA0X6W559/aTdqPtf+KqrSLwRF3fFFws5bB3H0EZVzwELZm3pl2d77qy/14e jQgrOmX0Edv6muFxJE3goELhWyB0m0fDA6SxRJiWYxanMMyoCGhFPqy16P4JmjC9hbm4 uia434r15H65TSmCR1GO0BCcrunwvVIPkeh7EszAOArcrlcDsWqFDM/ZPCdeuPYfoHFP 9Etmp29013MOhUIf6hJXVv2euAx/9NnqwuBWCnYQGXwy4or2dH99la7+W9ouTVH1w9vG vKtJPJZJlbfSc53nq/uCPDb5uyyzOP+XNkRe64DGsQlCoUjMPmF/VF3WjcXicwGYb1h1 xZuQ== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.103.35 with SMTP id ft3mr3774460vdb.5.1376767594597; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 12:26:34 -0700 (PDT) Sender: alon.barlev@gmail.com Received: by 10.58.255.193 with HTTP; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 12:26:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87li40jf59.fsf@eder.homelinux.net> References: <520A5446.1050001@mail.ru> <520DA782.4050803@sporkbox.us> <520F14B2.9080500@sporkbox.us> <20130817083653.GA23823@gentoocompn.netbynet.ru> <87li40jf59.fsf@eder.homelinux.net> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 22:26:34 +0300 X-Google-Sender-Auth: oYRHL612qvB8Oy6h1JaGByGlpTw Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Optional /usr merge in Gentoo From: Alon Bar-Lev To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: c4a9073b-cc31-4d93-a688-7d97a24c464c X-Archives-Hash: b15d52460b8372c49b13e23ead827340 On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:22 PM, Andreas Eder wrote: > On 17 Aug 2013, the guard wrote: > >> > But requiring people to have an initramfs to boot a system >> > that doesn't legitimately require it is silly. I don't even >> > have /usr mounted separately, but there are many, many >> > different system configurations out there and Gentoo is famous >> > for supporting a wide variety. That variety is stomped on if >> > something like a /usr merge is forced. It also makes building >> > your default environment more complicated due to generating an >> > initramfs. >> >> Absolutely agreed. > > Might be a good time to switch to freebsd :-( I agree. This is the only escape plan against the new wind of dictation into monolithic approach that comes from systemd sponsors direction. Let's see how it turns out... if Linux userspace will become like the Windows user space, then freebsd suddenly looks very promising alternative. Regards, Alon